Valve spring seat and retainer



Oct. 17, 1933. w T. GORMAN 1,930,894

VALVE SPRING SEAT AND RETAINER Filed March 7, 1932 llll uml-ummm INVENTOR WITNESS ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 17, 1933 Y 1 y 'UNIT'ED' STATES PATE 'v n' '11,930,894'1 Y i' VALVE SPRING sEA'r Remmen William Thomas Gorman, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Application March 7, 1932. Serial No. 597,356

1 Claim. (Cl. 251-144) My invention relates to valve spring seats and that the tapered portion 16 is of less diameter retainers and it consists in the constructions, arthan the head 17, thereby forming shoulders 18. rangements and combinations herein described My combined Valve spring retainer and washer and claimed. is generally indicated at 19, and it consists of ,5. As is well understood in the art, valves of a pair of key members 20 of identical construc- 60 internal combustion motors are retained upon tion. Each key member has a semi-circular base their seats by the use of a helical spring secured member 2l and en Unef/ending Senli-Ciiillal C01". to the valve stem of the Valve, employing a lar 22. The collars 22 have semi-circular recesses Washer and key for retention of the spring upon 23, which as clearly shown in Fig. 1 tepel inwardly the valve stem, and as the valve structure is forming a heel as et 24, this ieper being Sub- 65 necessarily of small dimensions, considerable dif stantially the Same eS the degree 0f taper 16 culty has been encountered in dismantling and oi the Valve stern, so that the keys will properly assembling the valves, springs and keys for Seat upon the shoulder 18. The base members grinding of the Valves and Valve seats, with nu- 21 are Of 2, diameter eeneideevbiy greater than merous losses of the keys by dropping into the the collars 22 and denne seats for a helical spring 70 crank case of the engine. 24, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

1t is therefore a purpose of my invention to In assembled leOStiOn, the keys 20 ae a1- provide an improved key and valve seat which ranged with their recesses 23 in opposed relation, is of simple construction and readuy applied t0 as clearly shown in Fig. 3 with their base members a Valve stem without the use of special tools. 21 in the Same piene, 'Ghe'eby eniing 2f 00n- 75 It is a further object of the invention to provide ignOnS diSk 01' WeSheI.

a valve spring retainer and Washer which will The COilaTS 22 el? llel abutting edgeS are t2- aiord proper suspension of the Valve with respect Del'ed eS at 26, this 0219er eXtending from the to its Seat S0 as to effect an efcient seating tops of the collars toward the base members 21.

25 thereci The taper of the collars stops short of the base 8O It is a, further Object, of the invention tc premembers, to define abutting shoulders 27. Thus Vide a retainer which will automatically secure there iS DTOVided a V-Sneped Opening at the 11D- itself to the valve stem under tension of the valve Per ends 0f the Collars, which Will permit the key Spring, thus eliminating the necessity cf manumembers 20 to be rocked upon the shoulders 27 to any Securing the valve and Spring by means of an open position as shown in Fig. 2, for release of 85 pins and the hke an engaged Valve stem.

Additional objects, advantages and features of In applying my Seat and retain@ upon a Valve invention will be apparent from the following de- Stem 0f an engine the Valve 13 is positioned- 1110011 Scrpticn and accompanying drawing wherein, its seat with the stem 15 projecting through the Figure 11S e, fragmentary Sectional View of an guides 12 and 14. The spring 25 is positioned 90y l engine having my invention applied to tno Stom around the stem 15 one end thereof engaging the of a Valve thereof; seat 28 oi the guide 14. The sectional key 2O is Fig. 2 is a detail View of my retainer applied next moved into position upon the stem 15, the to a valve Stem in open position; collars 22 being extended upwardly within the Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the retainer. Spfng- With the keyin this DOSOn, the VelVe iS 95. Reference is now made to Fig. 1 of the drawheld against upward mOi/ement, and the key may ing, wherein I have Shown generally a portion then be forced upwardly agamstuthe tension of of an internal combustion motor 10, having a the Sprmg 1mm the tapeed porblon 24 engages Valve Seat 11 and guide 12 through which a pop with the shoulders 18 o f the stem. Upon release et Valve 13 is red ro b1 t d th e of the key, the spring w1ll exert adownward pies- 100 omary manner 1p Ca y mmm e m e Cus sure upon the base members 21 msurmg positive seatin of the ke u on the shoulders of the The engine 10 ordinarlly embodies an upper g y p g Valve stem. valve stem guide 14 aligned with the guide 12 In order to release the key from engagement 5o and serves as an addltlonal guide means for the with the Stem, any Suiteme 15001 may be employed 1051 stem 15 of the valve 13.

to relieve the downward tension of the spring, AdJaeeni the IOWeI end 0f JBhe Valve Stem 15, and it is then only necessary to swing the upper the metal 0f the Stem iS Cui? @Way defining a portions of the collars 22 so as to bring the edges cylindrical tapered portion 16, the stem finally 26 into contacting relation as shown in Fig. 2, this terminating in a head 17. It should be noted swinging action taking place upon the shoulders 1105 27. With the key in this position, it will be obvious that first one section of the key is removed and then the other, thus completely detaching the valve stem from the spring.

While I have shown and described a preferred construction, it should be understood that I do not conne myself to the exact construction shown and described and reserve as my own al1 such modications as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A valve spring seat and retainer comprising a Valve stem having a portion thereof tapered to dene a shoulder, a key formed of a pair of semicylindrical sections, each section having a semicircular laterally projecting flange at the lower other to rock the flanges outwardly from supporting relation with the spring.

WILLIAM THOMAS GORMAN. 

